Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
Parallel translations
- WEB “Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;
- KJV Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
- NKJV “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast,
- NASB Or if I were to send a plague against that country and pour out My wrath on it in blood to eliminate man and animal from it,
- NLT “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.
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Quick answer
Pestilence is the third judgment, poured out in 'blood' (deadly violence and death). God's wrath touches both people and beasts.
Overview
Plague joins beasts and sword as a covenant curse. The phrase 'pour out my wrath in blood' stresses the lethal seriousness of God's anger against sin. As elsewhere, the judgment is total, reaching man and animal alike.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 38:22I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- Jer 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
- Ezek 7:8Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- 2 Sam 24:15So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
- Ezek 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
- Matt 24:7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
- Rev 16:3–6And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
- 1 Kgs 8:37When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
- Num 14:12I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
- Ezek 36:18So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
- Ps 91:3Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- 2 Chr 6:28When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
- Jer 21:6I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
- Amos 4:10“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- 2 Chr 20:9‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
- Jer 24:10And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
- 2 Chr 7:13If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
- Deut 28:21–22The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
- Ps 91:6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
- Num 16:46–50Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
- Deut 28:59–61He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
- 2 Sam 24:13So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
- Isa 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Jer 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
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